British High Commission

A British High Commission is a British diplomatic mission, equivalent to an embassy, found in countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Their general purpose is to provide diplomatic relationships as well as travel information, passports, dual-citizenship information, and other services between Commonwealth states.

British High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand

Where some Commonwealth countries are not represented in another Commonwealth country, the British High Commission can assist such Commonwealth countries' citizens in some cases.

Some countries that were outside the Commonwealth, but have now returned to their membership of the Commonwealth, have replaced their embassies and ambassadors with High Commissions and High Commissioners.

List of British High Commissions and British High Commissioners

• British High Commission Abuja, Nigeria – Paul Arkwright (since 2015)
• British High Commission Accra, Ghana – Iain Walker (since August 2017)
• British High Commission Bahamas – see Kingston, Jamaica
• British High Commission Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – Richard Lindsay (since June 2017)
• British High Commission Banjul, Gambia – Sharon Wardle (since July 2017)
• British High Commission Belmopan, Belize – Claire Evans (since October 2018)
• British High Commission Bridgetown, Barbados – Janet Douglas (since April 2017)
• British High Commission Canberra, Australia – Victoria Treadell (since March 2019)
• British High Commission Castries, St Lucia – see Bridgetown, Barbados
• British High Commission Colombo, Sri Lanka – James Dauris (since April 2015)
• British High Commission Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Sarah Cooke (since September 2016)
• British High Commission Dhaka, Bangladesh – Alison Blake (since January 2016)
• British High Commission Freetown, Sierra Leone – Guy Warrington (since August 2016)
• British High Commission Gaborone, Botswana – Katharine Ransome (since February 2016)
• British High Commission Georgetown, Guyana – Greg Quinn (since March 2015)
• British High Commission Honiara, Solomon Islands – David Ward (since 2017)
• British High Commission Islamabad, Pakistan – Thomas Drew (since February 2016)
• British High Commission Kampala, Uganda – Peter West (since November 2016)
• British High Commission Kigali, Rwanda – Jo Lomas (since January 2018)
• British High Commission Kingston, Jamaica – Asif Ahmad (since August 2017)
• British High Commission Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Vicki Treadell (since 21 October 2014)
• British High Commission Lilongwe, Malawi – Holly Tett (since September 2016)
• British High Commission Lusaka, Zambia – Fergus Cochrane-Dyet (since April 2016)
• British High Commission Malta – Stuart Gill (since April 2016)
• British High Commission Maputo, Mozambique – NneNne Iwuji-Eme (since August 2018)
• British High Commission Nairobi, Kenya – Nic Hailey (since December 2015)
• British High Commission New Delhi, India – Sir Dominic Asquith (since April 2016)
• British High Commission Nicosia, Cyprus – Stephen Lillie (since April 2018)
• British High Commission Nukuʻalofa, Tonga – Thorhilda Abbott-Watt (since January 2020)[1]
• British High Commission Ottawa, Canada – Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque (since August 2017)
• British High Commission Port Louis, Mauritius – Keith Allan (since 24 August 2017)
• British High Commission Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Keith Scott (since September 2018)
• British High Commission Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – Tim Stew (since July 2015)
• British High Commission Pretoria, South Africa – Nigel Casey (since April 2017)
• British High Commission Singapore, Singapore – Kara Owens (since July 2019)
• British High Commission Suva, Fiji – Melanie Hopkins (since September 2016)
• British High Commission Vanuatu – David Ward (since 2017)
• British High Commission Victoria, Seychelles – Caron Röhsler (since August 2015) - will be succeeded by Patrick Lynch (August 2019)
• British High Commission Wellington, New Zealand – Laura Clarke (since January 2018)
• British High Commission Windhoek, Namibia – Kate Airey (since January 2018)
• British High Commission Yaounde, Cameroon – Rowan Laxton (since October 2017)

See also

• High commissioner (Commonwealth)

References

1. "British High Commission returns to Tonga". RNZ. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.